The Unwin Family

My cousin JD passed away on Sunday and although we havent been very close as adults. I want to share some of my funnest memories of him from when we were children.

I remember My sister and cousin kasie and I went to JD's preschool after our school got out( I was in first grade and Kristy and kasie were in second grade) but they wouldent let us check him out, seeing as we were not much older than him. So we waited until it was outside time and then told him to climb the fence and we made a run for it. I cant remember if we got in trouble but I'm sure we did. I remember clearly thinking it was like breaking him out of jail. Also, Back in the good old days when you could go grocery shopping and leave your kids unattended, My mom went in to reams and left us in the car with the widows down and we got SO bored that we came up with this game that when someone would walk by the car we would shout out a rude name and hide. But after a while some really mean looking motorcycle guy parked at got off his bike and all of us girls just ducked and hid but JD yelled at the top of his lungs " HEY HONKEY!!" And ducked. We hid scared to death that he was going to come over and teach us a lesson but he did'ent so we had a good laugh about it.
I feel sorry that we grew so far apart as adults, I love him and I know he will be deeply missed in our family.


JD Lewis 1974 ~ 2008 JD passed away on April 13, 2008.He was born on November 16, 1974 to Joe E. and Jody Lewis; Gene and Kathy Gipson. What a guy, handsome, invigorating and dare to try it all! He enjoyed skiing, camping and singing around the camp fire, and landscaping. His sense of humor was contagious. He is survived by a daughter, Joslyn; and a son, Kayden; his siblings, Cindi, Kasie, Wes and Alex; and extended family, friends, aunts, uncles and grandparents. Preceded in death by his father, Joe E. Lewis.